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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 1985
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Herbert J Hampel, Feasterville, PA (US);
Arthur G Willers, Delran, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Northern Telecom Limited, Ontario, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47B / ; B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
312-71 ; 206 4523 ; 220 / ; 312244 ;
Abstract
A portable electronic instrument has a front console at which input/output functions are exposed. In order to protect the input/output functions when the instrument is being carried, a cover plate which is mounted to the instrument cabinet can be locked in a position covering the console. To use the instrument, the cover is unlocked and pivots to a position in which it doubles as a stand to space the front end of the instrument from an underlying support surface and to incline the console to the vertical.